On solar hydrogen & nanotechnology [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Lionel Vayssieres

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hoboken, NJ, USA, : John Wiley & Sons (Asia), c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (706 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.31244; 621.47
• Soggetto topico: Solar energy; Nanotechnology; Fuel cells; Hydrogen as fuel; Water - Electrolysis; Photocatalysis
• Altri autori: VayssieresLionel <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ON SOLAR HYDROGEN & NANOTECHNOLOGY; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Editor Biography; Part One: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Experimental Investigation of Photocatalytic Reactions for Direct Solar Hydrogen Generation; 1 Solar Hydrogen Production by Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: The Promise and Challenge; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Hydrogen or Hype?; 1.3 Solar Pathways to Hydrogen; 1.3.1 The Solar Resource; 1.3.2 Converting Sunlight; 1.3.3 Solar-Thermal Conversion; 1.3.4 Solar-Potential Conversion; 1.3.5 Pathways to Hydrogen; 1.4 Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting ; 1.4.1 Photoelectrochemistry1.4.2 PEC Water-Splitting Reactions; 1.4.3 Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency; 1.4.4 Fundamental Process Steps; 1.5 The Semiconductor/Electrolyte Interface; 1.5.1 Rectifying Junctions; 1.5.2 A Solid-State Analogy: The np + Junction; 1.5.3 PEC Junction Formation; 1.5.4 Illuminated Characteristics; 1.5.5 Fundamental Process Steps; 1.6 Photoelectrode Implementations; 1.6.1 Single-Junction Performance Limits; 1.6.2 Multijunction Performance Limits; 1.6.3 A Shining Example; 1.7 The PEC Challenge; 1.7.1 What's Needed, Really?; 1.7.2 Tradeoffs and Compromises ; 1.7.3 The Race with PV-Electrolysis1.8 Facing the Challenge: Current PEC Materials Research; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Modeling and Simulation of Photocatalytic Reactions at TiO2 Surfaces; 2.1 Importance of Theoretical Studies on TiO2 Systems; 2.2 Doped TiO2 Systems: Carbon and Niobium Doping; 2.2.1 First-Principle Calculations on TiO2; 2.2.2 C-Doped TiO2; 2.2.3 Nb-Doped TiO2; 2.3 Surface Hydroxyl Groups and the Photoinduced Hydrophilicity of TiO2; 2.3.1 Speculated Active Species on TiO2 - Superoxide Anion (O2 ̄) and the Hydroxyl Radical (OH ̇) ; 2.3.2 Theoretical Calculations of TiO2 Surfaces and Adsorbents2.3.3 Surface Hydroxyl Groups and Photoinduced Hydrophilic Conversion; 2.4 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; 2.4.1 Conventional Sensitizers: Ruthenium Compounds and Organic Dyes; 2.4.2 Multiexciton Generation in Quantum Dots: A Novel Sensitizer for a DSSC; 2.4.3 Theoretical Estimation of the Decoherence Time between the Electronic States in PbSe QDs; 2.5 Future Directions: Ab Initio Simulations and the Local Excited States on TiO2; 2.5.1 Improvement of the DFT Functional; 2.5.2 Molecular Mechanics and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ; 2.5.3 Description of Local Excited States2.5.4 Nonadiabatic Behavior of a System and Interfacial Electron Transfer; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Photocatalytic Reactions on Model Single Crystal TiO2 Surfaces; 3.1 TiO2 Single-Crystal Surfaces; 3.2 Photoreactions Over Semiconductor Surfaces; 3.3 Ethanol Reactions Over TiO2(110) Surface; 3.4 Photocatalysis and Structure Sensitivity; 3.5 Hydrogen Production from Ethanol Over Au/TiO2 Catalysts; 3.6 Conclusions; References; 4 Fundamental Reactions on Rutile TiO2(110) Model Photocatalysts Studied by High-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ; 4.1 Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: More energy from the sun strikes Earth in an hour than is consumed by humans in an entire year. Efficiently harnessing solar power for sustainable generation of hydrogen requires low-cost, purpose-built, functional materials combined with inexpensive large-scale manufacturing methods. These issues are comprehensively addressed in On Solar Hydrogen & Nanotechnology - an authoritative, interdisciplinary source of fundamental and applied knowledge in all areas related to solar hydrogen. Written by leading experts, the book emphasizes state-of-the-art materials and characterization techniqu
• Altri titoli varianti: On solar hydrogen and nanotechnology
• Titolo autorizzato: On solar hydrogen & nanotechnology
• ISBN: 1-282-49153-9; 9786612491535; 0-470-82399-2; 0-470-82398-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830498303321
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